Vikings' quarterback Kirk Cousins recently sat down with Sports Illustrated to endorse Kidde's Cause for Alarm Campaign. During his chat with SI host Claudette Montana, Cousins discussed the current state of the Vikings, shared his hopes for Justin Jefferson, and provided a glimpse into his game day fashion choices.
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00:00 probably think about the Roman Empire once every couple of months and I don't
00:05 know if that makes me a nerd or it should be more than that but yeah it's
00:09 hard not to I guess.
00:11 Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins is so kind to
00:14 join us today on behalf of Kiddot. Would first love to start with this you guys
00:18 are obviously 0-2 to start the season. How do you go about turning
00:21 things around against the Charters?
00:23 Yeah we've dug ourselves a hole. We've lost two
00:26 games by a total of nine points. You know this league will test you and here we
00:31 are at 0-2 so as you look at our first two losses a lot of turnovers you know
00:35 we have seven so far turnover differentials minus six so we got to
00:40 address that first and foremost and that will give us a fighting chance to get a
00:43 win on Sunday.
00:44 You get to throw to one of the best receivers in my
00:47 opinion Justin Jefferson. What do you think the ceiling is for him this season?
00:52 Well you know he keeps setting a higher bar every year you know his rookie year
00:56 he broke the rookie record for receiving yards and then the next year kind of
00:59 went even further and then last year one offensive player of the year and had a
01:03 lot of special plays and and so I think you know he's saying where do I go from
01:07 here and and honestly just one game at a time. I think it's important that we just
01:12 week in and week out keep him healthy keep finding ways to get in the football
01:15 and then let him go be the special player that he is so he's done a great
01:19 job being consistent and my challenge to him will always be can you do it again
01:23 can you do it again can you do it again because this league many times has guys
01:27 who were hot for a moment but couldn't sustain it and I want to see Justin be
01:31 someone who does it for double-digit years and he has the talent the setup to
01:35 be able to do that and now it's just a matter of making it happen.
01:38 You know we interviewed him a couple of months ago and he called your game day style the dad drip.
01:44 What's the necessities when assembling a Kurt Cousins game day fit?
01:49 Well you're gonna need a lot of Coles cash because that's where most of my
01:54 fits are coming from so just as long as you have the Coles cash I think you're
01:58 ready to go pretty straightforward my wife handles most of my drip if you want
02:04 to call it that and I just do what she says so yeah hopefully we can keep the
02:09 press conferences looking sharp but you're probably not gonna see me with a
02:12 grill and with some of the outfits that that Justin's been rocking postgame.
02:18 Maybe just some khakis right?
02:20 Yeah just some dockers straight from Coles.
02:24 There you go.
02:25 Okay so obviously you were a big star on the show quarterback it's been reported that Matthew Stafford has just
02:31 signed on to do this next season do you have any advice for him just being that
02:34 you've gone through the process?
02:36 Yeah I think it's a pretty positive experience I think he'll enjoy it it's
02:40 great content to have for his family for the long haul and certainly there's some
02:43 level of a time commitment and energy that you have to put into it but I think
02:48 he and his family will be glad they did it and a veteran like that who's been
02:51 around the block so much I think makes for a really really good content.
02:55 There's a trend going around TikTok right now I'm not sure if you're aware I have to ask
02:59 you how often do you think about the Roman Empire?
03:02 Well I was I was assembling some Legos the other day with my boys and I went on
03:09 their website and saw that they have the Colosseum as one of their larger sets
03:13 you can buy so just the other day I was thinking about the Roman Empire and the
03:17 Colosseum and you know I was I was you know architecture you notice every now
03:22 and then the Roman architecture around cities and stuff so I probably think
03:27 about the Roman Empire once every couple of months and I don't know if that makes
03:31 me a nerd or it should be more than that but yeah it's hard not to I guess.
03:38 You know what I'm a USC Trojan we play in the Colosseum so I kind of I guess I
03:41 think about it every week when we play so all good.
03:45 Well you are joining us on behalf of KIDA tell us about your partnership with them.
03:49 Yeah so KIDA is a global leader in fire safety equipment they have a cause for
03:55 alarm campaign just to raise people's awareness to the need for their fire
04:00 safety detection equipment in their homes to be kept up to date. The
04:04 equipment itself has a lifespan of about 10 years the batteries need to be
04:07 replaced much more often than that and the NFPA has a statistic that says that
04:12 about 70% of homes in America do not meet the necessary standards for the
04:16 fire safety and detection so it's a little bit of a concerning statistic and
04:22 we just want to help get the word out to make people know that you know make sure
04:25 your fire safety detection equipment is up to speed the batteries are good
04:30 the equipment's running because you do not want to be you know finding that out
04:34 in the event of a home fire.
04:36 All right awesome that's all I got for you thank you so much for joining us really appreciate it.
04:39 Thanks Colin.
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